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dutch777

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1. Trump could bring Putin to heel by interdicting the ghost oil fleet. Could also threaten to "loan" Ukraine our AF.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 08:20 PM

May 19

Not such a great deal maker. Of course, he wouldn't know what to do if Putin called his bluff, threatened using nukes and so on. Vacuous dipshit. If the west's navies intercepted just 4 or 5 of the ghost fleet oil tankers on the high seas over a couple of days. it would be game over as Putin's only thread economically is oil. Yes, they do sell some diamonds and a few other things that are smaller packages and cannot easily be interdicted but they get no where close to the value derived from oil sales.

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Trump 'needs to start penalizing Russia for its bad behavior': Fmr. Ukraine Ambassador - MSNBC Reports [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 19 OP

Trump could bring Putin to heel by interdicting the ghost oil fleet. Could also threaten to "loan" Ukraine our AF. dutch777 May 19 #1

Thanks so much for the details! Rhiannon12866 May 19 #2

Yeah like that's going to happen. yourout May 19 #3